Yu don yehri boht West Nile Virus? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt am ditayli!

Yu go mɔs dɔn yɛri bɔt sik dɛn we mɔskito kin skata. Lɛk dengue. Tide wi go tɔk bɔt wan vayrɔs we mɔskito de spre bak, bɔt i difrɛn smɔl. Dɛn kɔl am Wɛst Nayl Vayrɔs. Sɔm pipul nɔr kin gɛt siriɔs sayn frɔm am, bɔt sɔm pipul kin sik smɔl. So, lɛ wi tek wan luk pan wetin na dis Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs, aw i de skata, wetin na di sayn dɛm, ɛn aw fɔ protɛkt yusɛf.

Wetin na dis Wɛst Nayl Vayrɔs?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, Wɛst Nayl na vayrɔs we kin kam insay wi bɔdi we mɔskito bit wi. Bɔrku tɛm, bɔrku pipul nɔr kin sho ɛni sayn . Bɔt, nɔto ɔlman kin du dat. Fɔ tɔk roughly, lɛk wan pan ɛvri fayv pipul dɛn go gɛt sayn dɛn we fiba wan kɔmɔn flu (sɔntɛnde dɛn kin kɔl am Wɛst Nayl fiva) lɛk fiva, ed we de at, ɛn bɔdi we de at . Na sכm tεm, dis Wεst Nayl vayrus kin afekt wi nεv sεstem, infεkt di bren כ spεnal kכd εn mek siriכs kכndyushכn (`(Encephalitis)` כ `(Meningitis)`).

Dɛn gi am di nem ‘Wɛst Nayl’ bikɔs dɛn bin fɔs fɛn dis vayrɔs na di ‘Wɛst Nayl’ distrikt na Yuganda.

Aw kɔmɔn di Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs?

Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs na wan vayrɔs we de na bɔku kɔntri dɛn ɔlsay na di wɔl. Dɛn dɔn ripɔt am na bɔku say dɛn lɛk Nɔt Amɛrika, Yurop, Afrika, di Midul Is, Ɔstrelia, ɛn Eshia. Infakt, na di vayrɔs we mɔskito kin gɛt pas ɔl na Amɛrika . Dɛn dɔn ripɔt kes dɛn na ɔl di 49 stet dɛn we de de. Frɔm we dɛn bin ripɔt di fɔs kes dɛn de insay 1999, i pas 51,000 pipul dɛn we dɔn sho di sik.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ di Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs?

Okay, naw lɛ wi si us kayn simptom dis vayrɔs de sho we i apin. As a bin dɔn tɔk bifo tɛm, nɔto ɔlman kin gɛt di sik. Bɔt lɛ wi si wetin kin apin to di wan dɛn we de du dat.

Kɔmɔn sik dɛn we tan lɛk flu (Wɛst Nayl fiva) .

De sayn dɛm wae bɔrku pipul kin gɛt kin tan lɛk wae pɔrsin kin gɛt kol. Dɛn kɔl dis Wɛst Nayl fiva .

• Yu kin gɛt fiva .
• Di ed we kin at kin rili at.
• Di mɔsul dɛn na mi bɔdi kin fil lɛk se dɛn de at .
• Nɔs ɛn vɔmit kin apin.
• Sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt lɔs stɔl (dayarɛa) .
• Wan skin rash kin apin. Dis kin apin mɔ na di chɛst ɛn bak.
• Di limf no dɛm we dɔn swel kin swel.
• Yu kin fil bak se yu trot de at .
• Sɔntɛm pen kin de biɛn di yay .

Siriɔs kɔndishɔn dɛn we de afɛkt di bren (Wɛst Nayl ɛnsɛfalaytis ɛn mɛningaytis) .

Dis na di tin we de mek pɔsin denja pas ɔl ɛn we de mek pɔsin wɔri . Bɔt mɛmba se dis kin apinFɔ smɔl pipul dɛn, bɔt i rili impɔtant fɔ no bɔt dɛn kayn kwaliti ya.

• Yu kin gɛt wan bad bad ed we yu nɔ go ebul fɔ bia .
• Yu gɛt ay fiva (i pas 39.5 digri sɛlshiɔs, ɔ 103 digri F) .
• Stif nɛk . To di point we yu nɔ go ebul fɔ briŋ yu chin to yu chɛst.
• Kɔnfyushɔn kin apin. I kin tan lɛk se yu kɔnshɛns de go dɔŋ.
• Di mɔsul dɛn kin wik .
• di muvmεnt dεm we di mכsul dεm nכ kin kכntro (tremכr כ kכnvכlshכn) . Lɛk fɔ shek ɔ gɛt sik we de mek pɔsin sik .
• Sɔm kayn sik kin apin.
• Paralayz min fɔ lɔs wan pat pan di bɔdi.
• Yu kin go bak na kɔma , we min se yu nɔ kin no natin igen.

If yu ɔ pɔsin we yu sabi gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn siriɔs sayn ya, i impɔtant fɔ go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm .

Wetin kin mek di Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs?

Wɛst Nayl na wan vayrɔs we de insay di grup we dɛn kɔl ``Arboviruses.`` Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, ``Arboviruses`` na vayrɔs dɛm we de infɛkt atrɔpɔd dɛm - animal dɛm we gɛt jɔyn leg, inklud insɛkt dɛm. Na ``RNA vayrɔs`` ɛn i de pan di ``Flavivirus`` famili. Yu go dɔn yɛri bɔt Dengue fiva, Yɔlɔ fiva, ɛn Zika vayrɔs. Dɛn vayrɔs dɛn de bak pan di ``Flavivirus`` famili.

Aw di Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs kin ambɔg wi?

I kin mɔs pas we mɔskito we gɛt di sik bit am . Mɔskito kin gɛt di vayrɔs frɔm bɔd we gɛt di sik. (No pruf nɔ de yet fɔ se mɔtalman kin gɛt di sik dairekt frɔm bɔd.) Dɔn di vayrɔs kin bɔku, ɔ gro, insay di mɔskito. Dɔn di vayrɔs kin kam insay yu bɔdi we da mɔskito de bit yu ɔ ɔda animal.

di tεm we dis vayrus de tek fכ go insay di bכdi εn sho di sεmtin dεm, we dεn kכ l di inkubashכn pεri כd , kin bi tu to siks dez, bכt sכmtεm i kin te 14 dez.

Na smɔl tɛm nɔmɔ, dat na, na smɔl tɛm nɔmɔ, dɛn dɔn ripɔt se di Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs kin pas ɔda we dɛn. Dɛn tin ya na:

• Frɔm mama we gɛt bɛlɛ to di pikin we de na di bɛlɛ.
• Tru di mama in milk.
• Blɔd transfyushɔn.
• Wan ɔgan transplant.

Yu tink se di Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs kin pas frɔm pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin?

Dis impɔtant. Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs nɔ de skata frɔm pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin . Dat min se yu nɔ go ebul fɔ gɛt am we yu tɔch, tɔk to, ɔ tɔch sɔntin we pɔsin we gɛt dis sik dɔn yuz. Na mɔskito nɔmɔ de prɛd am (eksept insay di kes dɛm we nɔ kin bɔku, lɛk aw wi bin dɔn tɔk ɔp).

Udat dɛn gɛt mɔ risk fɔ gɛt Wɛst Nayl fiva?

Pan ɔl we mɔskito kin bit ɛnibɔdi, sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt bɔku prɔblɛm fɔ sik bad bad wan if dɛn gɛt Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs. Yu kin de pan big risk fɔ dɛn rizin ya:

• If yu dɔn pas 60 ia .
• If yu na pɔsin we gɛt ɔgan transplant .
• If pɔsin de sɔfa wit kansa .
• If yu gɛt dayabitis .
• If yu gɛt ay blɔd prɛshɔn (Hypertension) .
• If yu gɛt sik na yu kidni .

Wetin na di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin kam wit di Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs?

Nɔr to 1% pan di pipul dɛm wae gɛt Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs (lɛk 1 pan ɛvri 150 pipul dɛm) kin gɛt siriɔs sik . di komplikashכn we kכmכn pas כl na we di pat dεm na wi nεv sεstem (di bren εn spεnal kכd) de swel. dis dεn kכl am ``εnεfalaytis`` (di bren we de swεla) εn ``mεningaytis`` (di mεmbran dεm we de kכba di bren εn di spεnal kכd we de swεla).

Afta wan siriɔs Wɛst Nayl infɛkshɔn, sɔm tin dɛn we kin apin fɔ lɔng tɛm kin apin. Fɔ ɛgzampul:

• Di mɛmori we yu nɔ de mɛmba .
• I nɔ de yɛri fayn .
• I nɔ izi fɔ waka ɔ chenj di we aw yu de waka (dizayd we yu de waka) .
• Di mɔsul dɛn we wik .
• Riflεks dεm we nɔ nכmal .
• Pwɛl at .

Aw dɛn kin no di Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs?

If yu gɛt siriɔs sik, yu dɔktɔ kin tɛst yu blɔd ɔ yu sɛribrospaynal fluid (CSF) fɔ si if yu gɛt Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs infɛkshɔn. Dɛn kin jɔs du dɛn tɛst ya if yu sik bad bad wan. If yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn lɛk we yu bren de swel, yu dɔktɔ kin du CT skan (Computed Tomography scan) ɔ MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) fɔ tek yu bren pikchɔ.

Aw dɛn kin trit di Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs?

I sɔri fɔ no se, no patikyula antivayral mɛrɛsin nɔ de fɔ trit di Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs. If yu gɛt sɔm kayn sik, lɛk wae yu gɛt kɔmɔn kol, yu kin trit am na os. Yu kin yuz mɛrɛsin dɛn we yu nɔ kin bay (OTC), lɛk mɛrɛsin fɔ mek yu nɔ fil pen, jɔs lɛk aw yu go yuz fɔ kɔmɔn kol ɔ flu.

Bɔt if yu gɛt siriɔs nyurolɔjik simptom , dɛn go go na ɔspitul ɛn dɔktɔ dɛn go wach yu. Dɛn go trit yu sik, ɔr dɛn kin du tin lɛk:

• If yu gɛt sik we de mek yu sik , dɛn go gi yu mɛrɛsin fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt sik .
• If yu gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ bloDɛn kin gi ɔda ɔksijɛn, ɔ dɛn kin kɔnɛkt mɛkanikal ventileshɔn .
• If di bɔdi nɔ gɛt wata, dɛn kin gi wata we dɛn kin put insay di bɛlɛ (IV) .
• Dɛn kin gi kɔtikosterɔyd fɔ ridyus di swɛlin.
• If yu nɔ ebul fɔ it yu wan, dɛn kin gi yu it tru tiub (tiub fidin) .

Yu kin protɛkt yusɛf frɔm di Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs?

Dis na di pat we impɔtant pas ɔl. No vaysin nɔ de yet fɔ mek dɛn nɔ gɛt di Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs . So, di bɛst tin we wi go du na fɔ protɛkt wisɛf frɔm mɔskito dɛn we de bit wi . Sɔm tin dɛn de we wi kin du fɔ du dat:

• Avɔyd tɛm dɛn we gɛt bɔku prɔblɛm : Stay insay os as yu ebul di tɛm we mɔskito dɛn kin wok mɔ, mɔ na mɔnin ɛn ivintɛm, we di san de go dɔŋ.
• Yuz insekt repelent : We yu de go na do, spre insekt repelent pan di say dɛn we de na yu bɔdi ɔ pan yu klos. I bɛtɛ fɔ pik di wan dɛn we ɔganayzeshɔn dɛn lɛk di Envayrɔmɛnt Protɛkshɔn Ajɛns (EPA) dɔn sɛtify fɔ mek dɛn wok fayn.
• Kɔba yu skin : We yu de go na do, wɛr layt klos, lɛk lɔng pant ɛn lɔng sliv shit, fɔ kɔba bɔku pan yu bɔdi as yu ebul.
• Rimov wata we tinap : Ɔltɛm ɛmti ɛn klin ɛni say we wata kin gɛda, lɛk usay bɔd dɛn kin was, gɔta dɛn we dɔn blok, ɛn say dɛn we wata dɔn gɛda.
• Mek mɔskito nɔ kam insay yu os : Kip di domɔt ɛn winda dɛn we gɛt skrin, ɔ kip dɛn lɔk as yu ebul.
• Tek tɛm we yu de travul ɔ slip na do : if i pɔsibul, slip wit di winda dɛn we dɛn lɔk, ɔ yuz mɔskito nɛt na nɛt fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm mɔskito.

Yu tink se dɛn go mɛn di Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs sote go?

Yɛs, bɔku pipul dɛn imyun sistɛm kin fɛt di Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs ɛn klin am . Sɔm kayn sayn dɛm lɛk fiva kin dɔn fɔ dɛnsɛf. Bɔt if yu bɔdi nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ trɛnk igen, i kin at fɔ mek yu klin di sik. Dɔn bak, di damej we di nervɔs sistɛm kin gɛt frɔm wan bad bad Wɛst Nayl infɛkshɔn kin de fɔ ɔltɛm, ivin if di vayrɔs nɔ de igen.

Aw lɔŋ di Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs kin las?

Di smɔl smɔl sayn dɛm fɔ di Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs kin dɔn ɔlrɛdi insay sɔm wiks . Bɔt sɔm tɛm dɛn de, pɔsin kin taya ɛn in mɔsul dɛn kin wik fɔ sɔm mɔnt. Afta yu dɔn gɛt infɛkshɔn na di nervɔs sistɛm, di sayn dɛm lɛk we yu nɔ de mɛmba, we yu nɔ de yɛri, ɛn we i nɔ kin izi fɔ waka kin de fɔ lɔng tɛm ɔ fɔ ɔltɛm .

Yu tink se di Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs de kil pɔsin?

Dis kin mek pɔsin fred smɔl. Na lɛk wan pan ɛvri 10 pipul dɛm wae gɛt dis sik na dɛn nervɔs sistɛm go day.Ɔl togɛda, lɛk wan pan ɛvri 1,500 pipul dɛm wae gɛt Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs kin day. Dat min se i kin jɔs kil pɔsin if i rili bad .

Ustɛm yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

If yu tink se yu kin gɛt Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm . I kin tɛl yu bɔt dɛn tin ya:

• Yu want fɔ tek di tɛst ɔ yu nɔ want fɔ tek di tɛst?
• Wetin na de siriɔs sik ɛn aw yu fɔ pe atɛnshɔn to dɛn?
• Aw yu want fɔ kia fɔ yusɛf frɔm os?
• Ustɛm a fɔ si am bak?

Ustɛm yu fɔ go na di imejensi rum?

If yu gɛt dɛn siriɔs sayn ya, go na di ɔspitul imejensi rum we de nia yu wantɛm wantɛm :

• If yu gɛt ed we rili bad .
• If yu gɛt ay fiva (we pas 39.5 sɛlshiɔs).
• If di nɛk stif , i so stif dat dɛn nɔ go ebul fɔ briŋ di chin to di chɛst.
• If kɔnfyushɔn de ɔ yu nɔ de tink bɔt ɛnitin.
• If yu mɔsul dɛn wik ɔ yu de shek shek .
• If yu gɛt sik we de mek yu sik .

Us kwɛstyɔn dɛn a fɔ aks mi dɔktɔ?

We yu go to dɔktɔ, i go fayn fɔ aks dɛn kwɛstyɔn ya:

• Aw lɔng i go tek fɔ mek a wɛl?
• Aw a go ebul fɔ kɔntrol mi sik dɛn na os?
• Us siriɔs sayn dɛn a fɔ luk fɔ?
• Ustɛm a fɔ si yu bak?

Smɔl pɔynt dɛn we wi fɔ mɛmba

Pan ɔl we bɔku tɛm mɔskito kin jɔs de mek wi vɛks, sɔntɛnde dɛn kin kɛr vayrɔs dɛn we kin mek wi sik. Laki, 80% pan di pipul dɛm wae gɛt Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs nɔr kin gɛt ɛni sayn . Ɛn fɔ bɔku pipul dɛn, di risk fɔ gɛt siriɔs sik frɔm am nɔ kin bɔku.

If yu de go na say usay mɔskito de, i rili impɔtant fɔ tek stɛp fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm dɛn. If yu gɛt sayn dɛn fɔ di Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs afta we mɔskito dɔn bit yu, mek shɔ se yu go to dɔktɔ . I kin tich yu aw fɔ wach fɔ siriɔs sik dɛn ɛn ansa ɛni kwɛstyɔn we yu gɛt.

Mɛmba se fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm mɔskito na di bɛst we fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm di Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs!

` Wɛst Nayl Vayrɔs, Wɛst Nayl Vayrɔs, Mɔskito, Fiva, Bren Infɛkshɔn, Nɛvɔs Sistɛm, Simptom, Prɛvenshɔn